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Are Urban Chickens a Gateway Drug For Urban Cows and Pigs?

9:47 am in canada, chicken coop, food, heritage buildings, urban farms by TreeHugger

chicken-closeup.jpg Graham and David's Chickens in Dorset, Ontario. Image credit Lloyd Alter Campbellford is a lovely little town of 3500 people in bucolic Northumberland County, Ontario; I know quite a few people who have fled the city and are teleworking from there. But certain urban ideas are not welcome there, such as raising your own chickens. TreeHugger Best of Green Winner City Farmer quotes the mayor:
I think it's just wrong to have animals in the urban centres. What's next? Where do we draw the line? Cattle, swin...Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Edible Landscaping in Downtown Detroit

1:45 pm in botanical, food, Food & Health, gardening, urban farms by TreeHugger

lgreens.jpgPhoto Credit: Mark the Kid, Office workers in downtown Detroit have something new to look at on their lunch hours. Where the Lafayette Building once stood, vacant and slowly crumbling, a large garden now grows. And this isn't just your typical urban landscaping job. You won't find any carpet roses or 'Stella d'Oro' daylilies here. This is an edible landscape, planted by master gardeners and other volunteers. Greens, tomatoes, cucumbers, and other veggies, along with a few apple trees, grace the lot where the old building once stood. The garden provides not only all-imp...Read the full story on TreeHugger

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